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Source: http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=202965
"Travel Palestine" Ad in National Geographic Blots Out Israel
(Jerusalem Post) Jonny Paul - The Board of Deputies of British Jews said on Monday that it found it "deeply disturbing" that Israel's existence is being denied in a "Travel Palestine" advert in this month's National Geographic magazine. The advertisement appears to blot out the existence of the State of Israel. "This is not merely an affront to international law but seems to be a step back to the darkest days of rejectionism and confrontation." The UK's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said Friday that in the last few days it had received 60 complaints about the ad - published by the Palestinian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities. London lawyer David Lewis wrote to the ASA that the ad "implies that Palestine occupies the whole or the bulk of the territory between the Mediterranean and the Jordan, ignoring the existence of Israel."